Annual report 2022
In April the trust received welcome news from the National Heritage Lottery Fund that the St Mary’s Project had been awarded £100,000 for the development stage of the project following the funding application submitted in November 2021.. The award enabled the project team to appoint a project architect, quantity surveyor, heating engineer, heritage and community consultants and a heritage interpretation planner to proceed with the development stage works and activities.
A project team was established with representatives from the trust and St Mary’s parochial church council and in September a faculty application for the project was submitted to the Diocese Advisory Committee (“DAC”) based in Exeter and which was followed by a meeting of the project team with the DAC and historic advisory associations. Following the meeting revised proposals to the project were made and submitted to the DAC. At the year end the faculty application remained to be determined.
The trust’s architect’s plans to improve St Mary’s Churchyard were approved by the Public Realm and Assets Committee of the Totnes Town Council. It is hoped that this project will move forward once the funding for the reordering of St Mary’s Church interior has been completed and sufficient funds are in place.
Fund raising for the St Mary’s Project continued throughout the year with regular concerts held in St Mary’s Church. The trust supported the Totnes Summer Festival with a publicity stall in the church where many of the festival events were held and by organising various events.
The trust’s links with Plymouth University were strengthened with the appointment of further internships, all of which were related to heritage projects such as the Sir Gilbert Scott reordering papers.
Throughout the year members of the parochial church council were kept informed of developments that included, for the benefit of new members to the council, a presentation on the development of the project from its conception to the present day.
The trust, throughout the year, publicised its activities and the progress on the St Mary’s Project by regular articles on its websites and social media sites as well as monthly features within the Totnes Directory distributed throughout Totnes.
St Mary's Totnes Heritage Trust
Income & Expenditure Account for the St Mary's Totnes Heritage Trust For the year ended 31 December 2022
Registered Charity Number 1182256
| INCOME | 2022 |
|---|---|
| £ | |
| Donations | 6958 |
| Donation Station | 1623 |
| Gift Aid | 1519 |
| Crowdfunder | 0 |
| Events | 2060 |
| Grants | 0 |
| Totnes PCC | 699 |
| Sales | 0 |
| Interest | 18 |
| Total income | 12,877 |
| EXPENDITURE | |
| Donation Station | 399 |
| Totnes PCC | - |
| Trustee Expenses | - |
| Publicity | 1,141 |
| Merchandise | - |
| Printing | 132 |
| Consultants | - |
| Architect | - |
| Events Costs | 603 |
| Miscellaneous | 250 |
| Total expenditure | 2,527 |
| Surplus for the year | 10,351 |
| Balance 31 December, 2021 | 31,148 |
| Balance 31 December 2022 | 41,498 |
| Balance sheeet for the St Mary's Totnes Heritage Trust as at 31 December 2022 | |
| 2022 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | £ |
| Balance at bank | 2,479 |
| Savings Account | 39,019 |
| 41,498 | |
| J P Birch, St Mary's Totnes Heritage Trust Treasurer | |
| 08 August 2023 |
2021 £ 3892 3582 3977 20029 1106 6500 0 505 1
39,593
203 961 650 425 424 730 2,292 3,000 381 534
9,601
29,992 1,156 31,148
2021 £ 6,147 25,001
31,148